Hello Crafting Chick readers! I'm so happy to be a part of this fun series for 3 reasons...1-I love sharing idea's with people. 2-It makes me take time to craft. 3-I have a Christmas gift finished!Many of you have seen my previous Crafting Chick photography posts...how to make eyes sparkle, 10 tips to awesome phone photos, the 2 biggest mistakes in product photography, and 3 secrets to better family photos but here's a little recap of me...I love rice crispy treats, The Property … [Read more...] about DIY Personalized Memory Game::Bloggers Best 12 Days of Christmas

10 Tips to Awesome PHONE Photos
I know, I know...here I am, a professional photographer, encouraging you how to use your phone camera.Let me explain myself...I love using my digital SLR camera to capture stunning, gorgeous, breathtaking images. SLR cameras are an amazing tool and I get mine out at least weekly, if not daily. However, if I'm being truthful I find my SLR to be big, clunky, and kind of a pain to carry around with me everywhere I go. I use to carry my cumbersome SLR with me at … [Read more...] about 10 Tips to Awesome PHONE Photos

Let's talk product photography, shall we?If you're a crafter/creater then you also kind of need to be a photographer. Especially if your want to sell your creations!Having the ability to create beautiful photographs of carefully designed products is almost as important as creating the product itself! If you’re anything like me I find that I’m slightly turned off by a product that is being represented with poor quality photos and typically don’t end up purchasing the product.So … [Read more...] about Product Photography: The 2 Biggest Mistakes

Hey there! It's Katie, from Key to Pictures, and I'm excited to share my 3 juicy secrets to better family photography with you. But first I need to share some equally juicy and exciting....Here it is: I was a terrible photographer. Really. If all of my early photos were not in a storage unit in Denver, I would post them so you could see that I'm indeed telling the truth. However, I'm not ashamed of my unsightly pictures because we ALL have to start somewhere. Every single one of us has to … [Read more...] about 3 Secrets to Better Family Photos